Well that was a cheery Christmas episode, as usual. Everytime you think the good or whatever counts as good in this whole show, is close to winning, the bad guys are always two steps ahead and it makes it painful to watch and saddening.

But this time it seems as if we get a break as a Christmas gift, in Bloodyface being bound and Jude surviving Ian McShane's deranged Santa assault. Also aliens stole Grace's corpse...y'know as you do.

Twin Peaks is surreal, but not the point of obscurity. It does lay out the clues early on, and most of the second half to Season 2 digs them back up. Perfect example - remember how Cooper keeps dreaming about the Black Lodge and how he's an old man there? Well, it's not a dream, he's basically forseeing his fate.

You also have to remember how Earle's wife changed him, and how Annie does the same thing. Cooper is seen as infallible, has made himself that way. He really doesn't care for people's problems, only how their motivations affect the case. It's how he solves the murders. But when he meets Annie, he's basically like everyone else - he's fearful and has something to lose. It's the reason why he panics in the Black Lodge.

If you think there's a clear lack of explanation for the last twenty minutes, then you're dead wrong.

Yeah, I don't doubt that there is an explanation, I just think it's explained too confusingly.

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I still don't really know what the dwarf man and Laura screaming in Cooper's face is supposed to symbolise.

Originally Posted by Steven Hansen

I watched the first episode of Twin Peaks, hah. Will just wait until Deadly Premonition comes to PS3 to finish the rest.

Also watched a few episodes of Wilfred, which is wonderfully surreal.

I love Wilfred! Are you talking about the original or American remake? Surprisingly, both are pretty good.

Yeah, I don't doubt that there is an explanation, I just think it's explained too confusingly.

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I still don't really know what the dwarf man and Laura screaming in Cooper's face is supposed to symbolise.

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The dwarf doesn't symbolise anything. He's just one of the inhabitants of the Black Lodge, like Bob and the Giant. They're all spirits, but he and the Giant want to help keep Bob in place.

As for Laura screaming, he death was violent and horrific. A lot of what she says and does is connected to her final moments - "My arms bend backwards..." was her telling Cooper how she was tied up. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me shows it all in better context because they couldn't really screen the brutal stuff in the show.

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